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Documentary Free Angela premieres in theaters April 5
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, a documentary developed with pubcasting support, will have its theatrical release April 5, presented by BET Networks. The ...Sesame Street hopes Telly Monster video will bring its 1 billionth YouTube view
Sesame Street is closing in on a truly remarkable achievement: 1 billion YouTube video views. So today it’s asking for a bit of help ...FCC issues urgent call to broadcasters in wake of EAS breach
The FCC is urging all broadcast stations to make immediate changes to prevent unauthorized users to take over the Emergency Alert System, ...Zombie emergency broadcast hoax on pubTV station blamed on overseas hacker
Updated Feb. 13 at 4 p.m. to add KNME-TV among stations impacted. Management at WNMU-TV, a Marquette, Mich.-based pubTV broadcaster, said it ...Interviews from WGBH and BBC doc series Rock & Roll available in streaming form
Unedited interviews with the subjects in Rock & Roll, the acclaimed 1995 PBS series from WGBH and the BBC, are now available online as ...Programmer Craig Curtis set to exit Southern California Public Radio
KPCC Program Director Craig Curtis is departing Southern California Public Radio after 12 years, according to a station memo posted online by ...Software update reveals FCC methodology for upcoming spectrum auctions
The FCC has “quietly revealed” the methodology it will use for repacking television channels after upcoming spectrum auctions, reports TV Technology. The ...Ira Glass responds to charges that he’s trying to censor risqué podcast
As one of the most popular podcasts of all time, Public Radio International’s This American Life has had to deal with its fair share of ...Stars turn out for red-carpet debut of Makers: Women Who Make America
The gala premiere of Makers: Women Who Make America brought out A-list celebs Wednesday at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York ...NPR’s Scott Simon to record pilot for mysterious new variety show
Scott Simon, host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, is holding a free taping of a pilot episode for an experimental radio variety show, Scott Simon’s Wonderful Town. The ...Russell to exit PBS for COO post at PBS SoCal
Andrew Russell, a veteran pubcasting executive with more than 18 years’ experience at both PBS and CPB, is moving to PBS SoCal ...Downton ratings second only to the Super Bowl
Up against the ratings powerhouse that was Super Bowl XLVII — PBS’s Downton Abbey not only held its own, but came in second place ...Well-timed tweet on Super Bowl blackout earns PBS lots of digital attention
PBS “struck social media gold” Sunday night when it tweeted during the Super Bowl’s half-hour power outage that viewers should switch to Downton Abbey ...Budget cuts at Marketplace result in departure of another longtime reporter
This post was updated at 4:50 p.m. on Feb. 4 Marketplace Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon is leaving the American Public Media show ...Former OETA manager now will lead KRSC-TV in Claremore, Okla.
Royal Aills, a former station manager of Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA), is the new general manager of KRSC-TV at Rogers State ...
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